Bear bile farming will be banned in the country starting Jan. 1, South Korea's Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment ...

South Korea says it will end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry. The Environment Ministry said ...

As the ban takes effect January 1, disputes over farmer compensation and limited shelter space leave hundreds of captive ...

South Korea is one of the few countries that allow farming to extract bile from bears, for traditional medicine or food ...

Buzz is one of the first bears to move into Animals Asia new sanctuary in Vietnam Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

2006-02-16 04:00:00 PDT Chengdu, China-- Andrew's caretakers knew for some weeks their gentle giant wasn't well. They clung to the hope it wasn't a fatal liver tumor like those that have already ...

DANGJIN, South Korea (AP) — Several bears lie on top of each other, as still as teddy bears, as they gaze out past rusty iron bars. Others pace restlessly. The ground below their metal cages is ...

Last July I joined a group of friends for a private tour of northeast China. One day our guide asked whether we'd like to visit a bear farm, where bile, used for medicinal purposes, is extracted from ...

In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2014, a bear stretches its forepaw through a cage at a bear farm in Dangjin, south of Seoul, South Korea. Several bears lie stacked on top of each other, as still as ...